The Parkland Posse want to give the region a chance to try Canada’s national sport.

Feb. 24 will be the last chance for parents to bring their kids to the free Come Try Lacrosse event held by the organization at the TransAlta Tri-Liesure Centre.

Players in the mini tyke, tyke, and novice divisions, along at the girls pee wee division, and an all ages group of girls got their first taste of the sport at the Feb. 10 Come Try Lacrosse event.

After a record year in terms of participation, registration is currently open for the upcoming Parkland Posse season for players between ages five and 21. The organization also renewed their partnership for the 2019 season with CanLax Lacrosse and will provide a new stick to any player that is new to the sport of lacrosse.

Last season the Posse welcomed 85 new players into the fold and provided them with their first stick.

Metro Basketball Roundup

The Spruce Grove Composite High School senior girls basketball team lost 89-46 loss to Paul Kane to fall to 3-5 in Metro Edmonton High School Athletics Division 1.

The Panthers sit sixth in the top division, and have a matchup with 7-1 Jasper Place up next, on Feb.21 in Spruce Grove at 6:30 p.m. The team also played Archbishop Jordan Thursday in Spruce Grove. Results were unavailable at press time.

St. Peter the Apostle’s senior girls continue to dominate Division 2 with a record of 8-0. The Spartans are looking forward to a Feb. 20 matchup against Archbishop O’Leary, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Peter the Apostle High School.

Memorial trails the Spartans in sixth place, with a record of 4-2 after only six games played. Due to their lack of games played, Memorial had back-to-back contests against Archbishop O’leary and Ross Sheppard on Tuesday, and Wednesday respectively. Results from those games were unavailable at press time.

Up next Memorial takes on Blessed Oscar Romero, at Memorial Composite High School in Stony Plain, on Feb. 20 at 5:30 p.m.

In Division 3, the Parkland Immanuel Penguins hold a record of 4-5, which has them in seventh place, but within striking distance of sixth place JH Picard at 5-4. The Penguins have a matchup with Austin O’Brien upcoming on Feb. 20.

Back at St. Peter the Apostle, the senior boys are 2-7 after picking up their second Division 1 victory, 73-63 over ME Lazerte. They will look to keep momentum going with a win against Leduc, at St. Peter the Apostle, on Feb. 20 at 5 p.m.

SGCHS is enjoying a 7-2 season and sit second in Division 2. Their sights are set on a matchup against Millwoods Christian School on Feb. 20. at 5:30 p.m. Memorial is struggling in the same division with a record of 2-5. They sit tenth out of 12 teams in Division 2 but have the chance to keep in the mix with a win over Millwoods Christian on Feb. 19.

The Parkland Immanuel Penguins are 4-4 in Division 3 and are in fifth spot, two games back of Archbiship Jordan at 6-1 for fifth place. up next they play Austin O’Brien on Feb. 20 at Parkland Immanuel at 5 p.m.

Results from any games played in the Metro Edmonton High School Athletics league on Wednesday were unavailable at press time. Memorial, SGCHS, St. Peter The Apostle, and Parkland Immanuel all had games scheduled for Wednesday.

Westridge Women’s Spiel

The Westridge Curling Club in Stony Plain held their Women’s Bonspiel from Feb. 8-10 with the Shirley Tucker rink cleaning up in the A final. They beat team Gagne in the final draw.

In the B final, Krista Measures rink beat team Seymour, and in the C final, the team lead by Branda Doroshuk beat team Larsen.

This was the second of three spiels for the local club. Up next, Westridge will host their mixed open bonspiel from March 1-3.

Brier Guys

Two local curlers made a bid for the Brier but fell just short at the 2019 Boston Pizza Cup.

The Alberta men’s curling provincial championships were held from Feb 6-10, with the winners earning a berth into the Tim Hortons Brier from March 2-10.

As part of Team Appleman, Spruce Grove-born Nathan Connolly and Shawn Donnelly the Appleman rink made it to the final but ultimately lost out on the Brier spot to former Olympian Kevin Koe.

This is the second time in three years the pair have been one win from representing Alberta at the Brier.